Why end the violent rhetoric? It doesn't do anything.
Spidergoat said:
Am I the only one that doesn't want him dead?
No. People are apparently feeling futile in the face of what they despise.
It's great comedy, and it unites the two parties in opposition.
True. Instead of killing homosexuals, Democrats and Republicans alike can rally against Fred Phelps and simply agree that gays are second-class citizens.
Actually, the comedy for me comes in contrast to a strain of Christianity I refer to as "Loving God". It's not a sect, but an attitude that exists in several. You know those people like Rockin' Rollin and such who go around with the 3.16 signs? That he who believes shall be saved?
You know, the one that leads atheists to ask, "Does that mean if Hitler believed in Jesus, he would go to Heaven?"
Yeah, that one.
Think about it. God loves us. God wants us redeemed. He had his Son murdered in order to redeem us. He doesn't want us to perish in Damnation.
To the other, that doesn't mean he has to like us.
Perhaps Fred Phelps lives because God knows the alternative is an eternity of sitting around in Heaven with the dumbassed preacher.
Or, to put it simply:
Fred Phelps lives because God don't want 'im.
I know, it's a mild chuckle. But come on, it's God and Fred Phelps. Not much to work with.
Oh, right. And, besides, in the hands of his ill-educated, insecure children, the movement might only become louder and more desperately juvenile, and therefore more annoying.
Can we please end this violent rhetoric?
Why? There's apparently no reason to. It doesn't cause any problems, and besides, it's become of late not only acceptable, but rather somewhat fashionable.
Indeed, since words in political rhetoric don't mean anything or have any effect on people who aren't already ardent followers—because, you know, you have to be a sympathizer or adherent of an idea or movement in order for them to affect your actions; if you're not on the mailing list, there's no way anything people say can affect your behavior—there really isn't any reason to start assembling maps with small bonfires marking GOP legislative offices, and inviting people to
eradicate the disease.
And if somebody sets something on fire, it can't possibly be related.
There's absolutely no reason we need to end the violent rhetoric. It doesn't do anything. Let people call for one another's murder. At worst, makes someone you don't like feel better about their own futility in justifying their existence.
